Guinness World Records List

Guinness World Records List

ID

Record

Who

What

Where

When

Explain

5461

Largest bread dumpling

Francisco Camacho

Italy, Trento

11 October 2008

The largest bread dumpling is a 34.95 kg (77.05 lb) heavy 'canaderlo' or 'Knoedel' prepared as a performance act by Francesco Camacho (Colombia) in collaboration with Cinzia Baldo and Andrea Bassetti (both Italy) at the International performance contest, organised by the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea and the Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara, in Trento, Italy, on 11 October 2008.

5462

Fastest solo, unsupported and unassisted journey to the South Pole (male)

Christian Eide

24/1/13 day(s), hour(s), minute(s)

Norway,

13 January 2011

Fastest solo, unsupported and unassisted journey to the South Pole On 13 January 2011, 35-year-old Christian Eide (Norway) completed a solo and unsupported trek to the South Pole in a record time of 24 days 1 hr 13 min. He set of on the 1,150-km (715-mile) adventure on 20 December 2010 and opted for the Hercules Inlet route, covering an average of 47 km (29 miles) per day – although on his last day, he managed to ski 90 km (56 miles). Eide smashed the previous record - Todd Carmichael's (USA) 39 days 7 hr 49 min, an impressive achievement in its own right – and has set a benchmark that many polar explorers consider near-impossible to beat.Eide runs his own Oslo-based expedition company, L’atitude. His record marks the 100th anniversary of the first trip to the South Pole - also by a Norwegian, Roald Amundsen – although back in 1911, it took Amundsen 58 days to reach his goal, even doing so by dogsled.

5463

Longest distance swimming in relay (open water)

Padraig Mallon

684.75 kilometre(s)

United Kingdom, Camlough

19 September 2009

The longest distance swimming in relay in open water by an unlimited team is 684.75 km (425.48 miles) and was achieved by a group of 200 swimmers at Lake Camlough, Camlough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, between 9 to 19 September 2009.In total over 200 swimmers took part in swimming around a 750 m circuit. Gavin Brown swam the Farthest distance in one leg, completing five laps (3,750 m) in 1 hr 04 min 34 sec. The event was organised by Padraig Mallon.

5464

Largest naval raid

Operation Chariot

France, St Nazaire

28 March 1942

On 28 March 1942, during WW2, Operation Chariot, which has been described as the greatest naval raid of all time, was launched. The aim was to destroy the Normandie dock in St Nazaire, France. HMS Campbletown, a 1090 ton destroyer of the Royal Navy was stripped out to reduce her draught for transit through the shallow waters to the dock and the bows were packed with four and a half tons of high explosive attached to delayed fuzes. At 0134 hrs, the ship rammed the dock gates and her explosives blew up at 1135 hours destroying the dock putting it out of action until 1948. As a result of the explosions, 360 Germans were killed and 169 allied personnel lost their lives, 215 were captured and 227 returned to the UK.

5465

First Ponzi scheme

Unknown

01 January 1920

A "Ponzi" scheme is a form of fraudulent investment, where large returns are promised but, instead of being paid for by the profit on real investments, they are paid for from subsequent investors enticed by the high interest rates offered. They are reliant on an ever-increasing flow of money from new investors and will ultimately fail because the earnings are less than the payments - the most recent investors losing their money. They are called "Ponzi" schemes after Charles Ponzi, an Italian who moved to America and, in 1920, became notorious across the world for establishing such a scheme that ultimately failed owing millions to its investors. Hence, although he did not invent the scam, he nonetheless may rightly be described as creator of the first "Ponzi" scheme as, subsequently, all such schemes use his name to describe them.

5466

Greatest distance by a radio-controlled model car in 24 hours (RC)

Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt Modelling Group

34.195 kilometre(s)

Germany, Sonneberg

24 July 2011

The greatest distance by a radio-controlled model car in 24 hours is 34.1958 km (21.25 miles) and was achieved by members of the modelling group of the Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt (Germany) at the Tamiya Raceway in Sonneberg, Germany, on 24 July 2011. The model car used was a Tamiya "Desert Gator" with a cup machine motor using a MZ-Power Car Lipo Akku 5000 mAh battery. The electronic speed controller was a LRP Quantum Bullet and the remote control a Futaba 3PK 2.4 GHz.

5467

Largest collection of non-sports trading cards

Edo Rajh, Iva Rajh

20000 items

Croatia, Zagreb,,The record holders' residence

18 November 2011

The largest collection of non-sports trading cards belongs to Edo Rajh and Iva Rajh (both Croatia), consisting of 20,000 cards as of 18 November 2011 and is housed in Zagreb, Croatia.The collection started in 2006 with Magic: the gathering cards and their favourite trading cards are from the World Wildlife Fund.

5468

First PlayStation 2 videogame to sell one million units

Onimusha: Warlords (Capcom, 2001)

first

Japan,

01 February 2001

Capcom’s Onimusha: Warlords, released on 25 January 2001, is the first PlayStation 2 game to sell over 1 million copies in Japan. Created by some of the same team behind Resident Evil, the Warlords title was a phenomenal success when it launched alongside the PlayStation 2 in Japan. The game, which was set in feudal Japan, surpassed the 1 million sales mark in that country in less than a month, and went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. The Xbox port of the game, Genma: Onimusha, also has the distinction of being the first game Capcom released for a Microsoft platform, as it hit the Xbox on 28 January 2002.Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer''s Edition 2010

5469

Fastest swim relay 100 x 400 metres by a team (mixed)

SSV Ulm 1846

9/2/32 hour(s), minute(s), second(s)

Germany, Ulm

10 July 2010

The fastest swim relay 100 x 400 m by a mixed team was 9 hr 2 min 32 sec by members of SSV Ulm 1846 (Germany) in their club pool in Ulm, Germany, on 10 July 2010. Participants ranged in age from 11 to 57 years old and the average time to complete 400 m was 5 min 25 sec. By comparison, the world record in the 400 m freestyle long course is 3 min 40.07 sec.

The fastest compressed air powered car reached a speed of 129.2 km/h (80.3 mph), achieved by the Toyota Industries Corporation Dream Car Project (Japan), at the Japan Automobile Research Institute, Shirosato Test Center, Ibaraki, Japan, on 9 September 2011.Final speed taken from a timed average from two runs. Vehicle used three compressed air cylinders powering a twin-scroll air engine.

5471

Fastest time to laminate 100 square metres of paper

GBC Commercial Laminating Solutions

Germany, Duesseldorf

02 June 2008

The fastest time to laminate 100m of paper is 40.53 seconds, achieved on a GBC 8556HS Cyclone laminating system by Glenn S. Koepke, Mark Elman and Tony Mertlik of GBC Commercial Laminating Solutions Group at drupa in Dusseldorf, Germany, on 2 June 2008.

5472

Most recent test of a nuclear bomb

North Korea

2009/05/25 tonne(s) (metric ton)

Korea (North), Kimchaek

The most recent nuclear test took place at 0054 hours GMT on 25 May 2009 in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or, more usually, North Korea. According to the US Geological Survey the underground explosion had a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale with a centre about 70 km (43 miles) northwest of Kimchaek and close to the site of the North Korean nuclear test that took place in 2006. Russian experts believe the yield to have been between 10 and 20 kilotons - as powerful as the bombs the USA used against Japan in World War II and many more times as powerful as that in the 2006 test. According to media reports, the force of the explosion made the ground shake in the Chinese border city of Yanji, 209 km (130 miles) away.

5473

First use of procedural generation in a videogame

Elite

first

,

01 January 1984

Elite was the first game to feature a procedurally generated world, while Frontier: Elite II was the first game to feature procedurally generated star systems. Frontier: First Encounters was the first game to contain procedurally generated terrain and textures. Procedural Generation uses random inputs to a computer ‘procedure’ to create something unique that also adheres to certain rules, such as Elite II’s star systems. These were generated by the game aggregating the mass of material within an early solar system into planets and moons that obey the laws of physics, but which have slightly randomised material distribution in order to ensure each system’s uniqueness

5474

First multi-game deal between a Hollywood director and a videogame publisher

Steven Spielberg, Electronic Arts

USA

01 October 2005

Steven Spielberg (USA) and Electronic Arts signed a long-term deal in October 2005 to jointly create three new originalvideo-game franchises. Boom Blox is the first of these. There are currently no details on the other two planned franchises. Although EA’s Boom Blox wascreated in collaboration with Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, it wasn’t the esteemed film-maker’s first foray into game development. That honour falls to The Dig, released by LucasArts in 1995, which was based on an original story idea by Spielberg andcredits him as writer.Guinness World Records Gamers' Edition 2009.

5475

Largest picnic blanket

Waitrose

1760 square metre(s)

South Africa, Durban

01 April 2008

The largest picnic blanket measured 1,760 m² (18,944.41 ft²) it was woven at the Melin Tregwynt Mill in Wales, UK, for Waitrose Ltd and was laid out for the first time inDurban, South Africa, in April 2008.

5476

Most standing back somersaults in one minute

Ziyi Zhang

China, Beijing

17 December 2010

The most standing back somersaults in one minute was 36 and was achieved by Ziyi Zhang (China) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 17 December 2010.

5477

Largest tarantella dance

Stadthalle Unna GmbH

Germany, Unna

The largest tarantella dance involved 316 participants for an event organised by Stadthalle Unna GmbH (Germany) at the Un(n)a Festa Italiana in Unna, Germany, on 21 May 2009.689 people registered for the record attempt, however, only 316 people danced simultaneously for 5 minutes.

5478

Largest ground vibration caused by car sound systems

Fast Car Magazine www.talkaudio.co.uk

United Kingdom, Wellingborough

22 October 2008

The largest seismic earthquake caused by car stereos was caused by 22 cars which made the ground vibrate with a velocity of 6.325 mm/s. The event was organized by Fast Car Magazine and www.talkaudio.co.uk (all UK) at the Santa Pod Raceway, Northampton, UK, on 22 October 2008.The result is the equivalet of a 300 kg high explosive charge going off at a distance of 500 metres from the seismograph.

5479

Largest gilded image on paper

Fanar, Qatar Islamic

6 square metre(s)

Qatar, Doha,,Fanar (Islamic Cultural Centre)

14 March 2010

The largest gilded image on paper is 6m² (64.58ft) and was unveiled during the Aqlam calligraphy exhibition in Doha (Qatar), during an event organised by Fanar (Islamic Cultural Centre) in Doha (Qatar) on 14 March 2010.The record was broken during an exhibition at Fanar for the arabic calligraphy event called the Aqlam Exhibition. Fanar, who has held a previous Guinness World Records™ title, worked tirelessly along with the gilders and artists Ahmed Chocktan and Ekram Chocktan to set a new Guinness world records title, as this is the first record of its kind. The image measured by height and width was 2.97m x 2.10m (9ft 8.93in x 6ft 10.68in), totalling 6.2m² (64.58ft).

The fastest speed reached by a internal combustion powered radio-controlled model car is 137.86 km/h (85.66 mph), controlled by Jason Bradbury (UK) on the set of The Gadget Show in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, on 29 Octiober 2008.

5481

Largest serving of meatballs

Fair promoting committee of Castel di Lama

Italy, CASTEL DI LAMA (AP) ITALIA

01 September 2011

The largest serving of meatballs weighed 471 kg (1,038 lb 6 oz) and was achieved by the Fair promoting committe of Castel di Lama, in Castel di Lama, Italy, on 1 September 2011.

5482

Largest peg art board mosaic

Quercetti and Aladino

Italy, Vigevano

29 November 2009

The Largest peg art board mosaic was made up of 1.200.000 plastic pegs and measured 13 meters long (39 ft 4.44 in) and 2 meters wide (6 ft 6.74 in) with a total area of 26 m2 (279.86 ft2). It was presented by Aladino srl and Quercetti (both Italy) in Piantedo, Italy, on 29 November 2009

5483

Largest taco rice

Kincho Shokokai

Japan, Kin-cho

14 November 2010

The largest taco rice weighed 746 kg (1,644 lb 10 oz) and was made by Kincho Shokokai (Japan) at Nature Miraikan Koryu Hiroba in Kin-cho, Okinawa, Japan, on 14 November 2010.More than 2,100 volunteers participated. The taco rice was served to all the participants after the record attempt.

5484

Fastest marathon dressed in an ice hockey kit (male)

Paul Statchuk

4/8/43 hour(s), minute(s), second(s)

Canada, Toronto

14 October 2012

The fastest marathon dressed in an ice hockey kit (male) is 4 hr 8 min 43 sec, achieved by Paul Statchuk (Canada) at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 14 October 2012. Statchuk wore a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform, and ran to raise money for the Brain and Tumour Foundation of Canada. He also holds the record for fastest marathon in an American football kit.

5485

Largest collection of baijiu bottles

5486

Largest tunic

Lomar

33.90/18.50 metre(s)

Saudi Arabia, Jeddah

16 February 2010

The largest tunic measures 33.90 m (111 ft 2 in) long and 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in) wide and was created by Lomar (Saudi Arabia) at an event organised by Phenomenal, at Red Sea Mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 February 2010.The tunic weighs 400 kg and was made by 20 people in two months.1200 normal sized tunic will be made out of the large tunic and will be donated to charities.

5487

Largest collection of beer mats

Leo Pisker

Austria

Leo Pisker of Langenzersdorf, Austria, has collected 152,860 different beer mats from 192 countries to date. The largest in his collection is 76 cm x 76 cm (30 in x 30 in), and the smallest measures just 25 mm x 25 mm (1 in x 1 in) - both of which come from Great Britain.Beer mat collecting is known as tegestology.

5488

Heaviest weight lifted in one minute bench press

Eamonn Keane

6960 kilogram(s)

Ireland, Louisburgh,,Louisburgh Gym

18 November 2012

The heaviest weight lifted by bench press in one minute is 6,960 kg (15,344 lb) and was achieved by Eamonn Keane (Ireland) at the Louisburgh Gym in Louisburgh, Ireland, on 18 November 2012.

5489

Most Guinness World Records™ books stacked on a shelf in one minute

5490

Longest bar-to-bar bicycle jump

Abel Mustieles

metre(s)

United Kingdom, London,,Hyde Park

09 August 2014

The longest bar-to-bar bicycle jump is 2.52 m (8 ft 3.21 in) and was achieved by Abel Mustieles (Spain) at Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle, in London, UK, on 9 August 2014.